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CRC; JLH); Cancer, liver (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, mouth (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, stomach (f; CRC;
JLH); Cancer, throat (f; CRC; JLH); Cardiopathy (1; TRA); Childbirth (f; JFM); Cholecystosis (2;
PHR); Cold (2; PHR); Colic (1; CRC; PNC; ZUL); Condylomata (f; CRC); Constipation (f; CRC);
Cough (2; APA; CRC; PHR); Cramp (2; APA; KOM; PHR; PH2; TRA); Dropsy (f; CRC);
Dyspepsia (2; APA; CRC; KOM); Enterosis (2; APA; PHR; PH2); Fever (2; PHR); Fibroid (f;
JLH); Fungus (1; TRA); Gas (1; JFM; PNC; TRA; ZUL); Gastrosis (1; APA; PHR; PH2; TRA);
Halitosis (1; APA; PH2); Hemorrhoid (1; APA; CRC); Hepatosis (2; PHR); High Blood Pressure
(1; APA; FNF; TRA); Hyperglycemia (1; TRA); Induration (f; CRC; JLH); Infection (2; APA;
PHR; TRA); Insomnia (2; APA; CRC; PHR; PH2; TRA); Jaundice (f; CRC); Mastosis (f; CRC;
JLH); Mycosis (1; TRA); Nephrosis (f; APA; PH2); Nervousness (1; TRA); Neurosis (1; APA);
Pharyngosis (2; PHR); Respirosis (f; PH2); Salmonella (1; TRA); Sclerosis (f; CRC); Scirrhus (f;
JLH); Scurvy (1; CRC); Shigellosis (1; TRA); Sore (f; CRC); Spasm (f; PHR); Staphylococcus (1;
CRC); Stomachache (f; APA; CRC; JFM); Stomatosis (2; PHR); Syphilis (f; PH2); Tumor (1; CRC;
TRA); Urethrosis (1; APA; PH2); Uterosis (f; JLH); UTI (f; APA; PHR); VD (f; PH2); Water
Retention (1; APA; CRC; JFM); Worm (f; PH2).
Dosages (Dill) — Chew^1 / 2 –1 tsp seed (APA); 2 tsp crushed seed/cup water (APA); 3 g seed (KOM;
PHR); 0.3–1 ml concentrated dill water (PNC); 0.1–0.3 g EO (KOM; PHR); 0.05–2 ml (I’d have
said 0.05–0.2) EO (PNC); cf celery seed, close kin (PNC).
Contraindications, Indications, and Side Effects (Dill) — Class 1 (AHP, 1997). None known
(KOM). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Contact
photodermatosis possible as in most umbellifers. Fresh juice may possibly cause photodermatosis
(PHR). We might extend to all apiaceous oils Bisset’s comments on celery seed oil, “The drug is
contraindicated in inflammation of the kidneys,” since apiaceous EOs may increase the inflammation
as a result of epithelial irritation (BIS). TRAMIL conservatively cautions for dill and fennel;
contraindicated in women of reproductive age; limit dosage to 3 days (TRA).
DIVI-DIVI (Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.) ++Synonyms — Caesalpinia bonducella (L.) Fleming, C. crista auct. Amer., Guilandina bonduc L.,
G. bonducella L.
Activities (Divi-Divi) — Abortifacient (f; WO2); Anthelminthic (1; HHB); Antipyretic (1; HHB;
PH2; WO2); Antispasmodic (f; EFS); Astringent (1; HHB); Diuretic (1; EFS; WO2); Emollient (1;
WO2); Filaricide (f; ABS); Fungicide (1; WO2); Hemostat (f; HHB); Rubefacient (f; WO2); Tonic
(f; HHB; PH2); Vermifuge (1; ABS; EFS).
Indications (Divi-Divi) — Asthma (f; HHB); Bleeding (1; HHB; WO2); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer,
scrotum (f; JLH); Convulsion (f; WO2); Cramp (f; EFS); Dermatosis (f; WO2); Diabetes (f; EFS);
Diarrhea (1; HHB; WO2); Encephalosis (f; WO2); Fever (1; HHB; PH2; WO2); Fracture (f; WO2);
Fungus (1; WO2); Hydrocele (f; WO2); Infection (1; WO2); Leukorrhea (f; WO2); Malaria (f;
HHB); Mycosis (1; WO2); Orchosis (f; JLH); Otosis (f; WO2); Rheumatism (f; WO2); Sore (f;
WO2); Water Retention (1; EFS; WO2); Worm (1; ABS; EFS; HHB).
Dosages (Divi-Divi) — Up to 1 g mixed with pepper as tonic (HHB).
Contraindications, Indications, and Side Effects (Divi-Divi) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards
and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2).
Extracts (Divi-Divi) — Fatty acid triglycerides (octadeca-4-enoic-, octadeca-2,4-dienoic-, palm-
itic-, and stearic-acids) are macrofilaricidal (from kernels of C. bonduc seed). Crude ethanol extracts
were active against Litomosoides carinii in the cotton rat. Most or all activity was in the n-hexane